Qué Onda

"Qué Onda" is a song by the regional Mexican group Calle 24, Mexican singer-songwriter Chino Pacas and American regional Mexican band Fuerza Regida. It was released on August 30, 2023 and was produced by Angel Tumbado and Jesús Ortiz Paz. It is the former's breakout single, peaking at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[1]

"Qué Onda"
Single by Calle 24, Chino Pacas and Fuerza Regida
Language	Spanish
Released	August 30, 2023
Genre	Urban sierreño ranchera
Length	3:11
Label	Street Mob Rancho Humilde
Songwriter(s)	Diego Millán Cristian Avila Jesús Ortiz Paz Jonathan Caro Miguel Armenta Rudy Topete
Producer(s)	Angel Tumbado JOP
Calle 24 singles chronology
"Moda" (2023) "Qué Onda" (2023) "Malo Es No Hacer Billete" (2023)
Chino Pacas singles chronology
"Gorra L.A." (2023) "Qué Onda" (2023) "Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas" (2023)
Fuerza Regida singles chronology
"Tiki Taka Toco" (2023) "Qué Onda" (2023) "El Jefe" (2023)

Background

Diego Millán, the leader of Calle 24, made the song on a request from another group. He and Miguel Armenta started working on the song around August 2023 in California. He said, "and midway through it, we said, 'It's coming along very well.' That same day we recorded it, and it was something very impressive. So, the other project didn't happen, and I was like, 'Well, I'm going to take my song,' because I wrote it. [JOP] told me we should do it together, so we uploaded a reel to Instagram, promoting the song. That day, we added the voices, and we did not imagine [the results]. That night it accumulated several million [streams]. It was something crazy."^[2]

On the day the song was released, the truck of Fuerza Regida's security team was attacked in Veracruz by criminals, who killed a member of the team. Following the incident, the song went viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok.^[3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Qué Onda"

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Global 200 (Billboard)^[4]	26
Mexico (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	61
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[7]	8

References

1. Zellner, Xander (September 12, 2023). "Hot 100 First-Timers: Calle 24 Debuts With Chino Pacas & Fuerza Regida Collab 'Que Onda'". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
2. Raygoza, Isabela (September 29, 2023). "How Calle 24 Turned a Fizzled Collaboration Into a Hot 100 Hit". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
3. Balbastro, Gladis (August 30, 2023). "Fuerza Regida: esta canción es viral en TikTok y todos están escuchando después que mataron a un integrante del equipo" [Fuerza Regida: this song is viral on TikTok and everyone is listening after they killed a member of the team]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2023.
4. "Billboard Global 200: Week of November 18, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
5. "Mexico Songs: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
6. "Billboard Hot 100: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
7. "Hot Latin Songs: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2023.